The Most Beautiful Man: An Integration of Hypnosis and Biofeedback for Depression and Dissociation.

The Most Beautiful Man: An Integration of Hypnosis and Biofeedback for Depression and Dissociation. Am J Clin Hypn. 2019 Apr;61(4):322-334 Authors: Moss D Abstract Hypnosis and biofeedback techniques are evidence-based psychophysiological therapies that can be applied with a wide variety of medical and mental health disorders. Research shows efficacy for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTDS), chronic pain, hypertension, fibromyalgia, and a host of other disorders. Hypnosis and biofeedback can also augment the effectiveness of psychotherapy. The author utilizes the case narrative of a 36-year-old woman, presenting with postpartum depression and dissociative features, to illustrate the integration of biofeedback training, physiological monitoring, self-hypnosis, hypnotic age regression, and affective journaling into dynamic psychotherapy. The hypnotic techniques and the affective journaling assisted in the retrieval of critical traumatic events during the patient's adolescence, and a combination of breath training, self-hypnosis, and biofeedback aided the patient in self-calming. PMID: 31017547 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Am J Clin Hypn Source Type: research